Matsuji Ijuin

Matsuji Ijuin (21 April 1893-24 May 1944) was a Vice Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

Biography
Matsuji Ijuin was born on 21 April 1893 in Tokyo, Japan, the son of Marshal Admiral Goro Ijuin. Despite this, he was 92nd in a class of 96 when he graduated from the Imperial Japanese Navy Academy in 1915, and he rose in the ranks during peacetime. On 1 November 1943, he was promoted to Rear Admiral, and he led Destroyer Squadron 3 from Rabaul on New Britain. Ijuin fought against the United States on Bougainville and in the Solomon Islands, and his last battle would be the Battle of Saipan. On 24 May 1944, his patrol boat Iki was torpedoed by the US Navy north of Saipan, killing him.